Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus tolmiei |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
hairy star tulip, pussy ears, Tolmie star-tulip, Tolmie's cat's ear, Tolmie's mariposa-lily |
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Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
± slender, usually branching, 1–4 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat; cauline bractlike. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
± umbellate, 1–several-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, usually much shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate; petals creamy white to lavender, with conspicuous median red-purple adaxial blotch, obovate, invested near gland with few long, flexuous hairs, base cuneate, apex rounded or acute; glands triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by comparatively narrow, deeply fringed membrane, distally often by narrower, crenate membranes, enclosed surface densely covered with long yellowish hairs, which, with membrane fringe, are often inconspicuously papillose; filaments slightly longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse. |
erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals 10–15 mm; petals white to pinkish or purplish, obovate, 12–25 mm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins ciliate; glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex acute to apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm. |
Seeds | light beige. |
deep purple, dark brown in age, irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus tolmiei |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Open grassy slopes or in woods, often on poor, dry soil |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA; OR; WA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 398. (1840) |
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